Telegram-herald., 1887-11-28

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gate
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CosIsi is a The gate - cosafort. po you
knos wh<re David AS when be uttered
he ~eFd2 of TIA tsxts lie sas IA ths
cave q Aaniixm That j. vhere some of
yoa sFs pos fias tie world al~ays gone
sneoskly with yoai Hss i usyer parsasl
you win sisntieri j. Yoar health always
gooi' Have y@T fortaees never perishesif
Are yosr chiidgea All slss snd seif i
there ore dead lamb III the foldt Are you
Ignorant IT the Nay 70 the cemeterys Have
ysu ever heard the bell toll Nhen Il seemed
81 Il every 1Foke II the iroa chppef beat
yonr heartf Are the skies as bright when
YOU l0ok into them a. they used 10 DO when
oEAzT eyes, DoW glastsi used TO hook
into them l. there some trunk or
drawer ia your house that yoa 50 %
only on anniversary days, when there
coHles beating against Your soul the surf %
great coeaa OF sgonyf IL is the cave %
Adullaml The cave OF Adgllaml IL thers
some David here whose fsthefly heart way
ward Absalom has brokers Is there soma
Abraham here Who IS lonely because Sarah
IS dead IN the family plot ef Aachpelah.
After thirty or forty years 4 companion
ship. how hard Il was for them 90 part Why
not have two seats in tho Lords chariot, 80
that both the old folks might have gone up
at once. My aged mother In her last mo-
ment said 10 nay father. "Father, wouldn't
lt be nice II we could both 60 togetherf 80.
no, 40. We must part. And there are
wounded hearts here today The world can
not comfort you. What can il bring youi
Nothns. Nothing. rhe salve they try to
put on your wounds VIII not stick They
cannot, with their bunging surgery, mend
the broken bones.
Again, the Gospel well is at the gate OF
heaven have not heard yet ono single in
tclligent account OF tho future world from
anybody who does not believe in ths Bible.
They throw such fog about the subject
that ] do not want TO 60 To the skeptic's
heaven, 10 the transcendentalist's heaven. to
the worldly philosophers heaven. / would
not exchange the poorest room in your house
for the finest heaven that Huxley, or Stuart
MlAis OF DATNW ever Uftiucu OF. lncif
heaven has no Christ in it; and heaven
without Christ, though you could sweep
the whole universe into IL, would be
a hell. Oh, they tell US there are no
songs there; there arc no coronatious
in heaven-that is all Imagination They
tell US we win do there about what we do
here, only on O larger scale-geomctrize with
clearer intellect, and with alpenstock go
fta al
vacation. Rather thar that | turn 20 my
Bible, and find Johns picture OF that good
land-that heaven which was your lullaby in
infancy, that heaven which our children in
the Sabbath school will sing about this after
noon, that heaven which has well at the
gate
After you have been on a long journey,
and you come in ell beduStcd and tired to
your home, the first thing you want is re-
freshing ablution. ard ] am glad 10 know
that after We get through the pilgrimage OF
this world-thc hard dusty pilgrimage-we
viii fiud well at the gate In that one
wash away will go our sins and soirows. l
do not caro- whether cherub or seraph or my
own departed friends in that blessed land
place to my lips the cup ths tough. Of that
cup viii be life, win be heaven. was read
ing OF how tho ancients sought for the foun-
tain OF perpetual youth. They thought if
they could only find and drink out of that
well, the old would become young again, tho
sick would be- cured, and everybody would
have eternal juvenesccnce. OF course, they
could not find l.. Eureka Ihaye found it
'the water Of the well Of Bethlehem, which
is ay tho gaton
I think we had better make a bargain with
those who lcayo us. going out OF this world
e
them Travellers parting appoint place of
meeting. They say. "Wowill meet at Romo,
or we will meet at Stockholm, or Vienna, or
Jerusalem, or Bethlehem.n NOw, when we
come to stand at the death pillow Of those
who are leaving us for the far land. do not
let US weep as though we would never see
them again, but let rs, there standing, ap-
point a place where we viii meet. Where
shall it bcl Shall il be ON toe banks OF the
river' No. The banks are too long. Shall
Il bo IN the tcmple' No; no. There Il such
a host there-ten thousand times ten thou
sand. Where shall wc meet oiir lovesi 'oneSl
Let US make an appointment II meet at the
well by the cate Oh, heavsn Sweet
heaven Dear hoavenl Heaven. where our
good friends arei Heaven, where Jesus isl
Heavsnl Heaveu
But while stand here there comes a rcvul-
sion OF feeling when ] look into your eyes
and know there are soals here dying Of thirst,
notwithstanding The well at the gate. Be-
tween them and the well of heaven there IS
great amy 81 sin and though Christ is ready
- clear n way - that well for them, they
will not have ms love or in;cscession.
But asn glad 70 know tbas you NAV come
vt The we'll j. here-the well Of heaven.
come; / 10 rot care how feeble you are. Let
me take hold Of your arm, and steady you VI
% the weil curb "IIo, every one that thirst
eth, come would rather win one soul to
Christ this morning than wear the crown q
he worlds dominbsa % not let any man
50 away and ~ u pos pvito him. On,
y you could oaEl llst look a. ~ Lord opce
v ou could Just sae hini fGif ia tie fess.
81. e son could onIy DO a. that wouiau dd
waoa foad about AZ Tue beginning Z
tae sefs ices-iu-t come up bcbifd hira sni
touch his feet-Iueillinss yoa would I've an
nortbeTn New Jersey. one winter. three little
children wandered OF from home ia a snow
storu- Night came on. Father and mother
said. "Where are the childrcn@ They could
not Be found They started out IN hssfs, and
toe news ran % the neigabors. aud before
morning IL was said that thercw hun
drcds - men hunting the mountains for
those t-ree chldrsu. but found thcm not
After a~hile man imagiued there vas a
place that he'll not been le,Ael az. anI ha
sent AMI ar The tarae shiidren lIe ez-
amined thtlr bodies Iie found that tb9
older boy bad taken or his cdat and sFrspqti
i around the yonhger one. the baby. sri
then taken ~ his vest and eas it around tte
osher one. anI taere iheg aI d.et. be proo-